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From Slave To State Legislator

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Author : David A Joens
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 2012-01-19

From Slave To State Legislator written by David A Joens and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

This is a full-length political biography of John W. E. Thomas (1847-1899), the first African American to serve in the Illinois General Assembly and the leading Illinois African American politician in the years after the Civil War. Long forgotten by the public and historians alike, Thomas led a fascinating career which included opening the first school for African Americans in Chicago, serving three terms in the Illinois General Assembly, successfully passing the first Civil Rights Act in Illinois, and chairing two Illinois "colored conventions" in the 1880s. In addition to his career as a politician, Thomas was also a school teacher, businessman, attorney and real estate investor.

From Slave To State Legislator

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Author : David A Joens
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 2012-01-19

From Slave To State Legislator written by David A Joens and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-19 with History categories.

Illinois State Historical Society Superior Achievement Award, 2013 As the first African American elected to the Illinois General Assembly, John W. E. Thomas was the recognized leader of the state’s African American community for nearly twenty years and laid the groundwork for the success of future Black leaders in Chicago politics. Despite his key role in the passage of Illinois’ first civil rights act and his commitment to improving his community against steep personal and political barriers, Thomas’s life and career have been long forgotten by historians and the public alike. This fascinating full-length biography—the first to address the full influence of Thomas or any Black politician from Illinois during the Reconstruction Era—is also a pioneering effort to explain the dynamics of African American politics and divisions within the Black community in post–Civil War Chicago. In From Slave to State Legislator, David A. Joens traces Thomas’s trajectory from a slave owned by a doctor’s family in Alabama to a prominent attorney believed to be the wealthiest African American man in Chicago at the time of his death in 1899. Providing one of the few comprehensive looks at African Americans in Chicago during this period, Joens reveals how Thomas’s career represents both the opportunities available to African Americans in the postwar period and the limits still placed on them. When Thomas moved to Chicago in 1869, he started a grocery store, invested in real estate, and founded the first private school for African Americans before becoming involved in politics. From Slave to State Legislator provides detailed coverage of Thomas’s three terms in the legislature during the 1870s and 1880s, his multiple failures to be nominated for reelection, and his loyalty to the Republican Party at great political cost, calling attention to the political differences within a Black community often considered small and homogenous. Even after achieving his legislative legacy—the passage of the first state civil rights law—Thomas was plagued by patronage issues and an increasingly bitter split with the African American community frustrated with slow progress toward true equality. Drawing on newspapers and an array of government documents, Joens provides the most thorough review to date of the first civil rights legislation and the two controversial “colored conventions” chaired by Thomas. Joens cements Thomas’s legacy as a committed and conscientious lawmaker amid political and personal struggles. In revealing the complicated rivalries and competing ambitions that shaped Black northern politics during the Reconstruction Era, Joens shows the long-term impact of Thomas’s friendship with other burgeoning African American political stars and his work to get more black representatives elected. The volume is enhanced by short biographies of other key Chicago African American politicians of the era.

Proceedings Of The United States Senate On The Fugitive Slave Bill

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Author : United States. Congress Senate
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1850

Proceedings Of The United States Senate On The Fugitive Slave Bill written by United States. Congress Senate and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1850 with Fugitive slave law of 1850 categories.

Horace King

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Author : J. David Dameron
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-02-23

Horace King written by J. David Dameron and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-23 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.

This teen and young reader book is a richly illustrated biography about Horace King. Although he was born a salve, he became known as Horace "The Bridge Builder" King and the "Prince of Bridge Builders." He also served as a Legislator. A true story of great achievement despite adversity. Horace King's legacy is as powerful as his sturdy bridges.

Report Of The Select Committee On The Petitions To Prevent Slave Hunting In The State Of New York

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Author : New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Select Committee on the Petitions to Prevent Slave Hunting in the State of New York
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1860

Report Of The Select Committee On The Petitions To Prevent Slave Hunting In The State Of New York written by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Select Committee on the Petitions to Prevent Slave Hunting in the State of New York and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1860 with African Americans categories.

Making A Slave State

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Author : Ryan A. Quintana
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-07

Making A Slave State written by Ryan A. Quintana and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07 with History categories.

The within enemy: slaves and the production of South Carolina's early state -- The strength of this country: securing and rebuilding the state in the Revolutionary era -- Their intentions were to ambuscade and surround me: the necessity of slave mobility -- This negro thoroughfare: the meaning of black movement -- With the labor of these slaves: producing the modern state

From Slave To Untouchable

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Author : Paul Kalra
language : en
Publisher: Antenna Publishing Co
Release Date : 2011

From Slave To Untouchable written by Paul Kalra and has been published by Antenna Publishing Co this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

In From Slave to Untouchable: Lincoln's Solution, class system scholar Paul Kalra challenges the assumption that the Civil War was fought to end black slavery. He asserts that civil war could have been avoided had early Americans adopted the Catholic slave code, which recognized slaves' humanity. Instead, he traces slavery in the U.S. to the Protestant slave code, which created distinct classes of slaveholders and non-slaveholders, and denied black slaves citizenship. It was primarily slaveholders-the wealthiest, most powerful class in pre-Civil War America, who framed the undemocratic Constitution to secure their economic and political advantages. As immigrants flooded the "free" North, the South's political advantage dwindled, and slavery endangered the nation's economic balance. Lincoln's election translated to the South's loss of power and the inevitability of Civil War. Kalra weaves an impressive array of perspectives into his well-crafted story, and concludes by demonstrating that the legacy of the slaveholders' self-serving Constitution persists today, rendering blacks in America an essentially "untouchable" class.

The History Of Slavery And The Slave Trade Ancient And Modern

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Author : William O. Blake
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1858

The History Of Slavery And The Slave Trade Ancient And Modern written by William O. Blake and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1858 with Slave trade categories.

The History Of Slavery And The Slave Trade Ancient And Modern

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Author : W. O. Blake
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1860

The History Of Slavery And The Slave Trade Ancient And Modern written by W. O. Blake and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1860 with Slave trade categories.

The Slave S Narrative

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Author : Charles T. Davis
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1991-02-21

The Slave S Narrative written by Charles T. Davis and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-02-21 with Literary Collections categories.

These autobiographies of Afro-American ex-slaves comprise the largest body of literature produced by slaves in human history. The book consists of three sections: selected reviews of slave narratives, dating from 1750 to 1861; essays examining how such narratives serve as historical material; and essays exploring the narratives as literary artifacts.